http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Northern Territory , Uluru en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:06:28 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:06:28 +0000 Nachdem wir unseren treuen Weggefhrten an der Ostkste unser Spaceship mit etwas Wehmut zurckgegeben haben ging es mit dem Flieger nach Alice Springs dem Tor zum bdquoroten Zentrumldquo Outback.Als wir aus dem Flugzeug ausgestiegen sind liefen wir gegen eine Hitzewand. Der Weg vom Flugzeug zum recht bersichtlichen Flughafengebude bei 44 Grad im Schatten war bereits so anstrengend http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-463266.html Hello my beautiful little people So we last left off having finished up Kangaroo Island and since then we dropped back in to Adelaide after a spectacular lightning storm on the way in before hopping on a plane up to Alice Springs.Domestic flights are a pretty strange experience but Qantas are pretty good and provide carrot cake and a cup of tea mid way on the hour and forty minutes up to Al http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-462109.html Die nchsten Tage werden wir im Outback verbringen und daher ber die Weihnachtsfeiertage voraussichtlich weder Zugang zum Internet haben noch die Mglichkeit zu telefonieren. Aus diesem Grund mchten wir Euch allen bereits heute ein frohes Weihnachtsfest wnschen. Trotz der heien Temperaturen die uns eine ganz andere Adventszeit beschert haben und der Entfernung die zwischen uns liegt werden http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-462077.html HelloIt's another morning here. Downside of adventure travel is that you have to get up early to check out before 10am and you have to think ahead which isn't my best quality. I've also noticed that I am having my ups and downs. A part of me wants to go home and another part of me is trying to keep up the good thoughts. I am surrounded by people who are not really my type. Most are very young a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-459630.html Okay now I didn't want to get online because of the costs but since I have to check in online for my flight I might as well add a blog on here. There are a few things that I need to get off my chest so here it comes I'll start with the bad stuff. I'm stuck in a room with three guys I came in late after the sounds of silence so I couldn't see a thing. My flashlight was somewhere in my bag an http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-459393.html Wow so here I am at Ayers Rock Resort...I had an excellent flight I seem to be in luck with my seats because so far I haven't had anyone sitting right next to me. The Internet here is more expensive 1 AUD for every 6 minutes. I have to see how I can book a flight back since there is no printer attached to this computer. It may be a hickup but I'm sure I'll figure it out somehow. I've decided http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-459239.html On day six we were up early as we had another day with lots of kilometres to cover. The morning was spent dozing in the bruck stopping occasionally to refuel and stretch our legs before we stopped at a service station for some lunch. There was a nice patch of grass under some trees for us to sit while we munched away on our sandwiches. The service station was also home to a variety of bush animal http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-458731.html Day 578 on the road The heart. The soul. The centre. I am not quite convinced about the heart and the soul bit of Alice Springs' slogan that greeted me as I stepped off the train but the part about the centre is certainly true The city is located a very long way from anywhere else and sits approximately in the geographical centre of Australia. And with only 27.000 people living here it must http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-450173.html After crossing the Tropic of Capricorn for the third time on our road trip we headed down to Alice Springs. On arriving into the town we were somewhat dismayed to see so many drunks on the streets and the whole town seemed to have a real air of misery around it not helped by the fact that the weather seemed to have taken a turn for the worse and was now very cloudy and gloomy. After a quick pit s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-447068.html Today was our long long day but very worth it. I cant remember what time we got up and left but i think it was 4 or 5 am. We traveled to Uluru and had breakfast and watched the sunrise over the rock. It was the rock we actually watched and not the sun rise. The rock actually changes colour as the sun comes up it goes from grey to purple to pinky to the orange and red during the day. We took lots o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-446320.html This morning I did the optional bush tucker tour in Alice Springs. It was good. Learnt more about the aboriginals and how some of them still live today. We got to taste Damper Kangaroo and Grub. The grub should be eaten alive. No one on our tour would do it though so it was cooked up. There was a chance to buy Aboriginal jewelery arts and crafts made on site.We then traveled onto Uluru. I cant re http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-446315.html March 2004 to February 2006 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-444317.html So the next morning we were supposed to go the sunrise viewing of Uluru but the clouds were so low there was no point. Doc said he had never seen cloud on Uluru so we were seeing something a bit different We went to the base of Uluru to do the base walk all the way round. We started at 6.45am and completed the 9km walk. It doesn't look that big but it is You can see how low the cloud was from m http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-441911.html Day 120 UluruFor whatever reason last night was a very restless sleepless night I was restless which meant Dar ended up sleepless which is never a good combination when yoursquove got a big day ahead of you.The magic that is Uluru awaits us so we join the madding crowd travelling out there for sunrise. Whilst wersquore still getting out of bed just past six orsquoclock others are alre http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-431001.html We arrived in Alice springs in the afternoon and chilled by the pool at the hostel for a while showered and went to bed so we could wake up early before the sun the next morning when we would meet our group. Sunday morning we spent driving to our campsite near Uluru stopping of at a few cattle stations along the way. After we set up camp we drove to the olgas and did a hike there on the way bac http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-430658.html Day 119 Alice Springs to UluruIt was still dark this morning when the alarm went off at silly orsquoclock. Wersquore still not convinced wersquove got the time right even though wersquove checked with a few people these time changes really throw you out We put the TV on to try and find an update on the cricket forearmed is forewarned but we canrsquot find anything at all.One of http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-430443.html Port AugustaAfter a restful time in Hawker we headed down to Port Augusta to catch up with Rachel a friend of ours who was returning from her own trip touring the centre and West Coast of Australia with her two kids Britney and Ben. I had been following their blog with interest looking forward to experiencing the same places with our family and it was a great time to see both her and the child http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-429124.html Day 10 882009 Ayres Rock the UlgaWhat a top day. We returned to the National Park intending to go directly back to Ayres Rock but we found that the climb was closed due to winds at the summit. Brian was pissed off because that was his goal for the day so as a second choice we headed for the Olgas as the walk was still open. Amazing rock formation the big domes were made up of what looked http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-427367.html Day 9 782009 Kulgera to Ayres Rock UluruLeft Kulgera late today as we needed to do some washing and an old bich who was staying in camp that day raced me to the laundry and I lost not happy Jan I was even crankier when I found she was staying on for an other day. One good thing did come out of it we sorted our gear and are thinking of sending some home that we do not use.The road toda http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-427353.html So 515am came and Liz knocked on all our tents to get us to wake up. We then ate breakfast got together a few things it was still dark and set off for the Olgas. The Olgas are a set of mountainhillocks which were formed at the same time as Uluru but are made with all the big bits of erosion. So they appear like a huge form of concrete when inspected closely. A conglomerate of huge stones an http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Uluru/blog-425138.html